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agency
has
has
annual
annual
operating
expenditures of $5.5 million.
* The typical park and recreation
agency
expenses of $94.77 on a per capita
basis.
* The median level of operating
expenditures is $7,388 per acre
of park and non-park sites managed
by the agency.
* The typical park and recreation
agency spends $105,484 in annual
operating expenditures for
each employee.
* At the typical park and recreation
agency, staffing costs account for
55 percent of the operating budget.
* The typical park and recreation
agency dedicates 46 percent of
its operating budget to park management
and maintenance and
41 percent to recreation.
Funding
* Park and recreation agencies
derive 61 percent of their
operating
expenditures
general fund tax support.
* The typical park and recreation
agency generates $21.71 in revenue
annually for each resident in
the jurisdiction.
* The typical park and recreation
agency recovers, on average, 24.6
percent of its operating expenditures
from non-tax revenue.
* Park and recreation agencies will
spend a median of $10 million
in capital expenditures budgeted
during the next five years.
* On average, 55 percent of the capital
budget is designated for renovation,
while 31 percent is geared
toward new development.
* On average, park and recreation
agencies have $16.5 million of
deferred maintenance projects
on their books.
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Policies
* Four in five park and recreation
agencies ban the use of tobacco
products at most/all of their
parks and facilities.
* Eighty-one percent of park and
recreation agencies have an expressed
commitment to DEI in
their
foundational
* Ninety
documents
(e.g., vision, mission and strategic
plan documents).
percent
of park and
recreation agencies have hiring
practices and policies
promote a diverse workforce.
that
Next Steps
* Dig deeper into the 2023 NRPA
Agency Performance Review data
using the interactive tools (nrpa.
org/ParkMetrics).
* Create a Park Metrics account.
* Find peer agencies
in NRPA
Park Metrics by filtering the data
by agency type, size, budget, geographic
region and more.
* Enhance your NRPA Park Metrics
experience by entering your
agency's data to compare it
with the key metrics of agencies
throughout the United States.
Thank You
The NRPA Research team would
like to acknowledge all those who
made this report possible through
their continued sharing of data and
of time. Your contributions to NRPA
Park Metrics advance the field and
are incredibly appreciated.
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